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Two global players, one shared success story: In 2026, Festo will once again be Bosch’s Preferred Supplier for automation products in the “Pneumatic Components” category. This also makes Festo the first point of contact for new machine and plant projects. Bosch has relied on Festo for the eleventh consecutive year since 2015.

Degassing and sealing are core processes in battery cell production that directly follow the initial contacting of the battery cells with electrical voltage. The battery cells are pierced with lances and the forming gas produced during contacting is extracted. Pneumatic and electric actuators from Festo are used to handle and pierce the battery cells.

Manual disassembly of end-of-life batteries in electric vehicles is now a thing of the past: Liebherr has developed a system that automatically removes the battery cover screws - regardless of whether they are attached horizontally or vertically to the battery housing. The CMAD servo-pneumatic position controller from Festo, which makes position-independent unscrewing possible in the first place, plays a major role in this automation solution.